. Productive soils; the fundamentals of successful soil management and profitable crop production. Soils. 148 TILTH AND TILLAGE ment follows the common plow, and cuts a thin, deep gash in the bottom of the furrow; thus loosening the subsoil without mixing it with the surface soil. Subsoiling is not a general practice in humid farming, since results do not seem to warrant the extra expense, except under unusual conditions. The subsoiler should never be used in light, sandy loams, sand or gravelly soils. Deep tilling through the use of other plows designed for this purpose generally do not give
. Productive soils; the fundamentals of successful soil management and profitable crop production. Soils. 148 TILTH AND TILLAGE ment follows the common plow, and cuts a thin, deep gash in the bottom of the furrow; thus loosening the subsoil without mixing it with the surface soil. Subsoiling is not a general practice in humid farming, since results do not seem to warrant the extra expense, except under unusual conditions. The subsoiler should never be used in light, sandy loams, sand or gravelly soils. Deep tilling through the use of other plows designed for this purpose generally do not give the returns above the extra cost to encourage this Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weir, Wilbert Walter, 1882-. Philadelphia London, J. B. Lippincott company
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